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Wilfred van Velzen | Paul Quinn | Re: Argh.. |
August 11, 2017 3:27 PM * |
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Hi Paul, On 2017-08-11 22:30:00, you wrote to me: WvV>> If you have to do that, create the files in a temporary WvV>> directory on the same drive as the filebox. And when the WvV>> files are ready, do a rename to the filebox dir. Rename is WvV>> an atomic operation on most os's afaik. So binkd won't see WvV>> any "half" written files. PQ> The files are created elsewhere and are then moved. Are you saying that PQ> the filebox reference in the binkD.cfg be updated to the temporary PQ> directory? ;-) No, I'm sure you're not. I'm guessing that a move is a PQ> kind of rename in the underlying DOS (in fact MS-DOS 7.1). Move can be a rename if it's on the same drive, then it's fast PQ> It just takes enough time to be a problem, where the mailer wants to PQ> start a session while the files are being created by ARJ (whose PQ> replcement with ZIP was another project slipped in favour of Fmail), PQ> or indeed even being moved. Then it probably isn't a rename. WvV>> The best way, of course, is to use the normal outbound WvV>> directory in the propper way for this, and not use a WvV>> filebox. PQ> I use both but not at the same time for the same nodes, of course. The PQ> fileboxes support a separate _household_ network riding on the back of Fido PQ> I call a system of StarGates. What goes in one comes out at another PQ> someplace, just like StarGates in the TV series operate. I have also configured fileboxes for some nodes in my binkd.config, as an easy way to dump files to them. But I have configured them wiht 'h' (hold). So binkd doesn't touch these files until a "regular" connection is made to the system. That way a copy/move to the filebox can take some time, without being it a problem, because binkd doesn't start transmitting them right away. PQ> Oh, and I thought that you might have been hinting to mark that Fmail PQ> uses binkD semaphores (*.csy) while creating mail bundles for a node. PQ> Or maybe Fmail could in the future? Of course fmail uses bso style semaphore files, but just the *.bsy ones, which is sufficient... Bye, Wilfred. --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.17-B20170711 * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464) |
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